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Re: Europe: WhatsApp opens for third-party apps

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Post by gschizas »

kasabali wrote: post #3

When I open the page all I see is: > Chats with third-party apps are only available in select regions and may not be available to you. Even the FAQ page is geo restricted. What a shitty attitude.

I'm in Europe and I see the same page. I don't think it's geoblocked.

Re: Europe: WhatsApp opens for third-party apps

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Post by kasabali »

gschizas wrote: post #4
kasabali wrote: post #3

When I open the page all I see is: > Chats with third-party apps are only available in select regions and may not be available to you. Even the FAQ page is geo restricted. What a shitty attitude.

I'm in Europe and I see the same page. I don't think it's geoblocked.

oh, that's the answer :d

Re: Europe: WhatsApp opens for third-party apps

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Post by s1mplicissimus »

I wanted to try this, but it's not possible (yet?) for regular folks apparently.

Supposedly the two apps "BirdyChat" and "Hiket" are WA compatible. Both are waitlist only.

Even after searching for ~15 minutes, I could find no information about how to become such a compatible provider.

I hope this situation will improve drastically, but it also looks like Meta will do whatever they can to make it as hard and annoying as possible, as they don't want to lose market share. Disappointing.

Re: Europe: WhatsApp opens for third-party apps

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Post by zkmon »

There are already a huge number of apps running on whatsapp in India for booking of cooking gas refill, car insurance renewal etc. Basically, user interaction is driven using chat until all inputs are captured. I think this is very effective as it requires familiarity with only one app.

Whatsapp as universal user interface.

Re: Europe: WhatsApp opens for third-party apps

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Post by arp242 »

nubg wrote: post #2

This seems pretty big news? Perhaps the start of instant messaging becoming more like email?

Is there something new here? Because it seems the same as the DMA compliance they had to do in early 2024?

See e.g.: WhatsApp Messaging Interoperability - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39633936 - Mar 2024 (146 comments)

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